minor lines, 5/30/11
by steve S on May 31, 2011 10:01 AM PDT
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PrintMemorial Day highlights from the Giants' farm: Travis Ishikawa, Brett Pill, and Luke Anders each homered as part of multi-hit days. Also notable, Andrew Reichard had 5.0 scoreless IP, and Carlos Willoughby reached base five times.
AAA: Fresno lost to Colorado Springs 8-6
(allowing six runs in the 7th inning)
Fresno: 2B Brett Pill: 2 for 4, HR
Fresno: 1B Travis Ishikawa: 2 for 4, HR, 2B, SO
Fresno: RF Brad Eldred: 1 for 4, HR, 2 SO
Colorado Springs: 2B Brad Emaus: 3 for 4, HR, 2B
Fresno: SP Shane Loux: 7.0 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 4 K--1 HR
Eldred led off the 2nd inning with his 8th HR of the year. In the 8th inning, Pill and Ishikawa went back-to-back with their 9th and 3rd HRs. After a slow start (.626 OPS in 68 AB in April), Ishikawa has hit .310/.462/.521 through 71 AB in May. Emaus, who began the year in the Mets organization before being returned to the Blue Jays and subsequently traded to the Rockies, has seen his bat come alive. He is now hitting .353/.416/.603 in 68 AB, although he does have significant home-road splits.
Loux matched a season high with 7 ER allowed. He allowed just one run through 6.0 IP but then allowed six runs in the 7th inning capped by a grand slam HR, after which he retired his final two batters.
AA: Richmond lost to Akron 3-2
(after tying the game in the 7th inning)
Richmond: 3B Sharlon Schoop: 2 for 3, 2B, BB
Richmond: DH Skyler Stromsmoe: 2 for 2, BB, CS
Richmond: SP Justin Fitzgerald: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
Schoop and Stromsmoe each had two of the Flying Squirrels' seven hits, raising their repsective AVGs to .182 and .265.
Following up his best start of the year, Fitzgerald allowed a couple runs in the 1st inning but did not allow a run thereafter. He retired both batters faced in the 6th inning before being removed from the game. His walk rate remains high, with just BB/IP just barely below 0.50.
A+: San Jose defeated Stockton 5-3
(after leading 5-0 through seven innings)
San Jose: CF Gary Brown: 3 for 4, 2 SB
San Jose: 1B Luke Anders: 2 for 4, HR, 2B
San Jose: SP Andrew Reichard: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
San Jose: RP Heath Hembree: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 K--1 HR
Brown had another three-hit game, raising his AVG to .374. He now has 30 SBs. Anders connected for his 7th HR and 11th double.
Reichard has started three games this year and not allowed an earned run in two of them. His season ERA in nine appearances is 2.30. Hembree struck out three of his four batters, but the second batter faced got the 1st HR off Hembree in his pro career.
A-: Augusta defeated Rome 10-3
(scoring two runs in four different innings)
Augusta: DH Carlos Willoughby: 4 for 5, 2B, BB, 2 SB
Augusta: 3B Adam Duvall: 2 for 4, 2 2B, BB, HBP, SO, SB
Augusta: SP Gaspar Santiago: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K--2 HR
Augusta: RP Seth Rosin: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 BB
Batting leadoff, Willoughby reached base five times, improving his season line to .284/.384/.350 through 197 AB. Duvall had his 11th and 12th doubles while reaching base four times.
Santiago made his second start, pitching an inning longer than in his previous start. Rosin made his second relief appearance of the year, this time pitching on two days rest. Three of his seven batters reached base.
DSL: Giants defeated Nationals 4-1 (6.5 innings--completed early)
Dominican: RF Hector Mercedes: 2 for 3, HR, SO
Dominican: SP Marvin Barrios: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Mercedes (19.7 y.o.), who had 1 HR last year in nearly 200 AB, homered in his second game of his second pro season. Barrios (18.8 y.o.) had 4.0 scoreless IP in his first start of his second pro season. Last year he had a 1.87 ERA while making two starts in thirteen appearances.
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Eldred and Ishikawa will be really useful September callups as pinch hitters.
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Ishikawa would have been a useful call-up now
Since Belt is just sitting on the bench.
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by Giant Torture on May 31, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Unlikely to happen since neither are on the 40-man roster. Only 40-man roster minor-leaguers are eligible for September callups.
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Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
There's a lot of dead weight on the 40 man that should be easily cut.
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You don’t think that Sabes & Co. have trades planned for July and August that will eat up those dead spots on the 40 man? Any trade they make is unlikely to include someone on the current major league roster, so they’ll need available spots on the 40-man to absorb the new players.
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True
Still would have been better to call up Ishikawa to sit on the bench instead of Belt, would be best to play Belt, but you get the point.
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by Giant Torture on May 31, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Sabes and Co.
Does it come in a little aqua blue box with white ribbons?
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They just got rid of Sosa and Rohlinger to make room for the guys they brought up this week. Other than Hinshaw I’m not sure how much dead weight’s really left.
They also had to assign Jose Casilla to the major league club which assures him a major league minimum for the remainder of the year (although when they did that he seems to have disappeared from their 40 man roster, which makes me think that they then placed him on the 60 Day DL but I’m not entirely sure about that).
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put Buster and De Rosa on the 60-day DL and that opens up 2 more spots. Drop Hinshaw, and they’ll have space for 4 more guys.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 31, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve read before why teams are so reluctant to use the 60 Day until they absolutely have to, but I can’t quite remember. I suppose it’s a combination of the financial implications of bringing minor leaguers onto the 40 man and the fact that you’re creating a future 40 man crunch that will cause you to have to let more players go the week after the World Series.
In the end, it’s academic I think. If they’re playing in September for a post-season birth how important are Brad Eldred’s and Travis Ishikawa’s bats likely to be for them? I can see Ishikawa since they’re familiar with him, but nothing about Eldred’s career inspires faith that he’d be of any use on a major league roster. Really, Burrell’s the guy who should be our RH power PH off the bench.
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right. I know team’s don’t like to make 40-man moves unless they really are forced to and my comments weren’t re Eldred or Travis, per se (though I agree w/ your assessment on their value). W/ the Giants, they know De Rosa, Burrell, Tejada and per some others won’t be on the 2012 team and thus, the roster crunch may not appear. I do see the need to keep things flexible at this point, though.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 31, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
for some reason I thought that they put DeRosa on the 60 day already
in order to bring up Crawford.
I thought so as well, but he wasn’t listed as such on the team website.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 31, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
There are space open RIGHT NOW on the 40 man.
only 39 on there.
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
As I said above, something strange seems to have happened with Jose Casilla this week. During all the moves made on Thursday he was assigned to the SF Giants and at that point he somehow disappeared from the 40 man roster. I don’t know whether that’s just an adminstrative error (because it happened the same day his brother was brought off the DL), or whether that was the precursor to placing him on the 60 day DL. Even then, the timing for it would be pretty strange since it came only two days after they had to DFA two players (Sosa and Rohlinger) to make room for Crawford and Stewart. Why make an administrative move to open space on the 40 man, two days after you actually waived players to make room on the 40 man? Especially an administrative move that costs a not inconsiderable amount of money (a minor league player who’s assigned to the big club on put on the 60 day has to be paid a major league minimum salary for the year)?
Strange.
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Man
Brown is killing it. I know this has been talked about at length but what else does he have to prove in SJ? Seems like Richmond makes sense at this point. Maybe Fresno?
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
Fresno seems premature
But I don’t know what he’s still doing in San Jose. He probably could’ve moved two weeks ago and every day he doesn’t it makes less and less sense.
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Agree
that Fresno is probably premature but I remember some talk of shielding top prospects from the EL because of how hard it was to hit there. I wonder if the difference between pitching in the EL and pitching in the PCL is that stark given the friendly hitting environments in the PCL. Someone who is smarter on this subject could probably enlighten me.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
I understand shielding power hitters from the EL, but a guy like Brown should actually thrive in the EL. The parks are a bit bigger, but that just means more ground to cover and more stuff that will fall. Hope to see Brown soon.
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by Giant Torture on May 31, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
+1
Brown should be able to make the vast expanses and poor-carry of the Richmond stadium work for him in much the same way that Thomas Neal did in the 2nd half of 2010. Once Neal realized that he wasn’t going to hit HRs in Richmond he concentrated on just hitting singles and doubles and his home offensive numbers got better.
That being said, I can’t see Brown being promoted to Richmond until SJ wins the first half title – at the earliest. Their magic number is down to 11, so they could actually clinch in in as little as 6 games.
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I really can't wait to see what Brown can do for us
at AT&T. When he gets it into that right-center gap it is going to be interesting.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
Is he an opposite field hitter?
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I have no idea
a few could probably make it over there though.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
This
Unlike the other teams in the Giants system, they seem committed to making sure that San Jose has a winner year in and year out. I think they’ll continue to do that until we see the Oklahoma City A’s play their first game.
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by Giant Torture on May 31, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Ugh...
How about the Portland A’s or the Las Vegas A’s. I am not sure I could get behind another team in that armpit.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
Las Vegas A’s? Which seems more likely: One of the nation’s worst local economies and highest foreclosure rates is going to somehow manage to pay for and build a major league facility? or MLB owners will agree to another privately financed stadium?
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You are right and I am not saying it would happen just that...
another team in OKC would be uninspiring to say the least.
I have to think that if Steve Wynn decided tomorrow that he wanted a baseball team (which he won’t) he could probably swing a privately financed stadium. There doesn’t seem to be a lack of financiers with extreme hubris in LV.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
I don’t know. I was in Vegas for a conference this spring and one thing that really popped out of me was that there were a few huge mega casino/complexes that are apparently never going to finish construction — including the Ventian, which has a huge tower of uncovered framework just rusting away unfinished next to their luxury restaurant’s balconies. It’s getting to be a really weird place.
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5 years ago...
…I thought the Sacramento A’s were a real possibility.
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by BruteSentiment on May 31, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't say The Diamond has 'vast expanses'.
The Diamond is a symmetrical park going 330 ft down the lines, and 402 to center, and it isn’t especially deep to the alleys. It’s not a small park, but it’s not a big one either.
What makes it seem bigger is more about fairly tall fences (I can’t find specific heights, but my estimation is 10’ across the board), and playing in a relatively flat highland north of the James River, which is prone to wind blowing in unusual directions across the field. Both of my trips there so far, one in the mid-summer and one in late April, had wind blowing across the field in different directions on different days, but very rarely blowing out to the east. Hence the poor carry.
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by BruteSentiment on May 31, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Eastern League parks are not significantly bigger than others
What the worry in the Eastern League with Brown is is NOT the parks, it’s how Brown handles better offspeed pitching.
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by BruteSentiment on May 31, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems fine to me
This is his first pro season. It seems reasonable to let him play a half season before promoting him.
Heath Hembree gave up a run?
Inconceivable! 3 K’s, believable!
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Proud adoptive parent of Brett Bochy, he's my boy now Bruce!
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
You know that you’re having a pretty good season as a reliever when you give up only 1 earned run in your 21st appearance of the season and your ERA doubles.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
Hembree needs to be agressively promoted
I think his stuff is big league ready right now, if he can cut down on the walks he could be a great addition to the pen in 2012.
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by Giant Torture on May 31, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
We can’t even find enough innings (or staff positions) for the guys we have right now. And frankly, given our staff makeup and roster needs I think we’d be fine with having one less reliever (for one thing, that might allow Romo to pitch occasionally).
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This year, true
But next year Affeldt will be gone and Mota may be gone too, they’ll need another reliever. That or they could trade one of their established relievers for a servicable back-up catcher. Nice to see Stewart get a shot in the bigs, but he looked pretty bad in the one game I saw.
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by Giant Torture on May 31, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Is there some reason they aren’t trying to use Hembree as a starter? All I can think of is a) they think he’s an injury risk or b) they think they might use him in the majors this season. Otherwise, even if he winds up a reliever, I’d prefer he throws more innings.
Pretty much a two pitch guy
Plus-plus fastball, but only above average curve (IIRC) and a show-me changeup.
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by Giant Torture on May 31, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that's what he is though
He’s not going to be a starter. Two pitch guys like Sergio Romo can be very effective in relief roles.
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by Giant Torture on May 31, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
There aren’t a lot of guys with a pitch as good as Romo’s slider (and really, his fastball isn’t bad either) or his command. And I’m not sure I’d call Romo a two-pitch guy; even if you don’t consider his changeup a real pitch, he can control the break on his slider enough that he really throws two different versions of it. K&K were talking in ST about how he’s got a sinker now too I think.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Still, he’s right in his main point — guys with a single plus pitch and little else are often targeted for the bullpen (especially if that single plus pitch is a fastball). And he’s right that if his career is going to be based on throwing as many fastballs as he can as hard as he can until his arm blows up, then the development track doesn’t really need to be all that long. Might as well start using the bullets while he’s got them.
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I watched that movie yesterday
Get out of my brain.
Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)
Marvin Barrios sighting
In time for father’s day. I will be even more stoked when I see him here in Calif.
Marvin Barrios, come on I'll show you your bedroom. Don't stay on the phone too long to Panama, please.
I’m not sure I get the Barrios love. He’s not particularly young for his level and his numbers weren’t exactly eye-popping last year. I wouldn’t expect to see him SJ unitl 2014 or 15.
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I’m not sure I get the Barrios love.
I’ll explain it — nobody has actually seen him pitch and he’s 18 years old, so we get to imagine the best.
Hector Sanchez: Suck it Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin.
Yeah, but he’s 18 years old in a league where 18 isn’t young, and certainly his K numbers there last year weren’t anything that makes you think he’s got some incredible stuff. I’ve never seen a scouting report on him that would make me think the stats were missing something. The org returned him to the DSL for a second year which means they’re not exactly hyping him.
You think of all the different types of things that can make our community begin to dream on an untested kid, and I can’t find that any of them particularly apply to Barrios. It’s hard to figure out how exactly he’s any different from the rest of the DSL staff.
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What's up with the Catching?
So, as of yesterday, the Augusta GreenJackets had just one catcher on the roster. So Drew Biery made his first-ever start at catcher.
That’d make more sense to me if they didn’t immediately promote Biery to Richmond after the game. Huh.
In his place? Possibly Joel Weeks, who was added to the roster. Seems the reports of his retirement were somewhat exaggerated, or at least preliminary.
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